It is easy to forget the influence of cinnamon in world history. Nowadays, cinnamon is nothing more than a cheap spice used in cakes, pies, and other desserts. But there was a time cinnamon was as expensive as gold, if not more. You can buy cinnamon for a penny nowadays. It was cinnamon what lured … Read more
In 1907 there were only about 4000 nickelodeon cinemas that were present in the US. Most of these films would include as show by a pianist who contributed to the music of the films and at times musicians would be available too. Most of the people who were instrumental in the film production, names like … Read more
In Modern Meat, FRONTLINE takes a close look inside the world of the modern American meat industry and shows how this once simple product has turned into a much more dangerous phenomenon, given the fact that an average American eats at least three hamburgers a week; and with the increase in availability and reduction in … Read more
At the presidential election held on March 18, 2018, Vladimir Putin again won the vote of the people. He won reelection for his second consecutive and fourth overall term in office. He won with 77% of the vote. Putin was the president of Russia from 2000 to 2008, at which point he candidate for prime … Read more
Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album. The LP allowed popular music become an art form … Read more
Lust, tempestuous relationships and madness feature in the colorful reigns of the Georgians. George I brought two mistresses over from Germany. George II quarreled openly with his son Frederick, and George III became ruler of the British Empire – but madness eventually disabled him. His son reigned as Prince Regent for eight years, and later … Read more
The idea of a phrase ‘Infinite’ is mind-blowing. Not only to simple students learning maths in school but also to the greatest physics and mathematics in the world. Thinking that universe is infinite could be frightening. Who knows what we could find while exploring it? Nevertheless it’s a beautiful subject giving us a bit of … Read more
When people think of Dubai, the first things that come to mind are oil, rich people, wealth, glamour, luxury, and modern living. But that is just what you mostly see on TV. There are dark sides to Dubai, one which only someone who has been there, or has lived there for quite some time, can … Read more
Can you imagine living every day without clean water, little food and poor shelter? There are 1.1 billion people in the world living with just one dollar per day. That is life for Chino, and hundreds of other children in Guatemala and rural villages around the world. Two students in International Development from US, decide … Read more
With its seemingly endless supply of beautiful young, single women, Odessa, on the frontier of the ex-Soviet union, is fast becoming the seedy new tourist magnet for single American men of all ages. “I’m already too old for the men here… Getting a man here is very competitive, because there are so few of them.” … Read more